Ala Wai Community Hawker Centre reinforces existing programing such as a popular sports venue, canoeing, nearby gardens, and with the potential to access tourist tastes. The centre sits at an important intersection between two neighborhoods and bridges the two as a flowing pedestrian link. Existing facilities that are displaced by the new centre (canoe house, community halls, park office space) is incorporated into the design of the new building. 

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The functions of the hawker centre includes, but are not limited to, the dispersal of raw food crops, educational facilities for learning how to cultivate and cook healthy locally-grown food, and reinforce the safety of parks often avoided due to their long association with neglect, fear and crimes. The hawkers themselves become relics of their community as the food they prepare strikes close to the hearts of many who have fond memories of meals once prepared during during childhood.

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The findings of the investigation reafirmed that Hawaiʻi has increasingly more at stake by not supporting local agricultural businesses, not allowing decades old laws to change and not reinforcing the development of a strong culture of food production and connection to the land. Centres would create the stage for these activities to happen. The implementation of a state-wide hawker centre system would help negate the effects felt from decades of development that has seeded the conditions we feel today, especially in disadvantaged communities. 

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Hawker Center Factsheet

Population served:         25,425 residents

Number of Floors:          3

Total 'Covered' Area:     50,451 sqft

Total Hawker Area:        21,845 sq ft

Building Efficiency:       42.7% BoH, 57.3% FoH

 

Stall Count                   74 Stalls    Total

Cooked Food:    34 Stalls    45.9%

(Drinks):                7 Stalls    9.5%

Market:               28 Stalls    37.8%

Sundry:                  5 Stalls    6.8%